H.M.S. Endymion (1891)
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H.M.S. Endymion (1891) | |
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Pendant Number: | A6 (1914) N.17 (Sep 1915) N.41 (Jan 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Earle, Hull[2] |
Laid down: | 21 Nov, 1889[3] |
Launched: | 22 Jul, 1891[4] |
Commissioned: | 26 May, 1894[5] |
Sold: | 16 Mar, 1920[6] |
Fate: | to Evans, Cardiff[7] |
H.M.S. Endymion was one of nine protected cruisers of the Edgar class completed between 1893 and 1896.
Service
In mid-1913, she was flag ship at Queenstown.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Captain Charles J. Barlow, May, 1894[9]
- Captain Edward H. Gamble, January, 1896[10]
- Captain William Wilson, August, 1896[11]
- Captain George A. Callaghan, 2 September, 1899[12] – 9 May, 1901[13]
- Captain Alfred W. Paget, February, 1901[14]
- Captain Herbert G. King-Hall, 19 April, 1904[15]
- Captain William O. Boothby, January, 1905[16]
- Captain Ernest H. Grafton, June, 1906[17]
- Captain James C. Ley, 15 July, 1907[18]
- Captain Sir Douglas E. R. Brownrigg, Bart., 1 November, 1907[19] – 1 February, 1908[20]
- Captain James C. Ley, 1 February, 1908[21]
- Captain Henry L. Mawbey, 1 October, 1908[22]
- Captain Arthur G. Smith, October, 1910[23]
- Captain E. Hyde Parker, 9 January, 1913[24]
- Captain Arthur V. Vyvyan, June, 1915[25]
- Captain Cecil M. Staveley, 26 January, 1916[26]
- Captain Frank Powell, January, 1918[27]
- Captain Henry G. H. Adams, 24 December, 1918[28]
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 66.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 38.
- ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 308.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 535.
- ↑ Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 535.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 42.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Ley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 74.
- ↑ Brownrigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 492.
- ↑ Brownrigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 492.
- ↑ Ley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 74.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 309.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 2.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393s.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393m.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 788.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Robert; Kolesnik, Eugene (editors) (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
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